strangely, I've never visited this thread before, and am very impressed by the amount of Prog Rock floating about in here... I think it goes to show that the genre is a farly common stepping stone to Classical Music, for those who weren't exposed to it as a youngster...

I wouldn't claim that Elton John is entirely my kind of music but I played this
specifically for two tracks: Come Down in Time and Love Song. The rest is
fine though. Mum bought it for me as one of her favourites in her time, having
shown me a DVD track from one of the Old Grey Whistle Tests. He was playing/singing
Tiny Dancer (orig. from Madman across the Water). Another beautiful song.

Since my visit to Haiti a couple of week ago I'm a tad subdued and this fitted the mood.
Bryter Layter almost. Perhaps I should give that a spin. Brighten the Northern Sky.

I have only been introduced to his music recently and his three albums are currently on my Wish List

Remember that suspended, 30 day suspension, that's hanging over your head, better get Five Leaves Left pretty quick...the other albums are OK...IMHO of course...and there has never been a realy good Copilation either, surprisingly enough, my very old friend Keith Morris is the only person who ever took his picture...

Chalkperson wrote:
Remember that suspended, 30 day suspension, that's hanging over your head, better get Five Leaves Left pretty quick...the other albums are OK...IMHO of course...and there has never been a realy good Copilation either, surprisingly enough, my very old friend Keith Morris is the only person who ever took his picture...

Oh dear, I thought that suspension had slipped your mind O Mighty One.
Five Leaves Left will be the first one that I get all right Chalkie and that is really interesting about Nick Drake's image

Chalkperson wrote:
Remember that suspended, 30 day suspension, that's hanging over your head, better get Five Leaves Left pretty quick...the other albums are OK...IMHO of course...and there has never been a realy good Copilation either, surprisingly enough, my very old friend Keith Morris is the only person who ever took his picture...

Oh dear, I thought that suspension had slipped your mind O Mighty One.
Five Leaves Left will be the first one that I get all right Chalkie and that is really interesting about Nick Drake's image

That album has a string section playing on it, another area where we are influenced early on by Classical Music that we don't really know we are hearing, of course that's only if you bought the LP when it first came out, it truly is a Desert Island Disc...

Mark Harwood wrote:
An air of melancholy, yet surely one of their best.

I readily agree with that Mark....there is indeed something different about that album.

Yep, different enough for me not to buy it, I had given up on them when this came out, I find that their music does not really last over the test of time, I played This Was not long ago, I took it off halfway through the first side...

Mark Harwood wrote:
An air of melancholy, yet surely one of their best.

I readily agree with that Mark....there is indeed something different about that album.

Yep, different enough for me not to buy it, I had given up on them when this came out, I find that their music does not really last over the test of time, I played This Was not long ago, I took it off halfway through the first side...

So would I.
I think they became interesting with "Thick As a Brick", and summed up their best years with the live "Bursting Out". Not that I'm an expert, but I like that period of Tull, & Passion Play is still the main one for me.

Mark Harwood wrote:
[Of Minstrel in the Gallery] An air of melancholy, yet surely one of their best.

I readily agree with that Mark....there is indeed something different about that album.

Yep, different enough for me not to buy it, I had given up on them when this came out, I find that their music does not really last over the test of time, I played This Was not long ago, I took it off halfway through the first side...

So would I.
I think they became interesting with "Thick As a Brick", and summed up their best years with the live "Bursting Out". Not that I'm an expert, but I like that period of Tull, & Passion Play is still the main one for me.

Very interesting, gents.

I don't think I'd ever actually listened to This Was until the 40th anniversary reissue; I find that it varies from interesting in its own right to of interest probably just to one already engaged with the band. The question is a little muddled because of all the extra material on the reissue, much of it was actually later included in the anthology Living in the Past, which is an old sentimental favorite for me. On balance, I have no quarrel with This Was, but YMMV.

Minstrel in the Gallery, OTOH, is my favorite Tull album much of the time. Don't get me started ; )

Chalkperson wrote:
I have no idea why, but, they re-mastered all the Buffalo Springfield Albums except that one...

I recall the issue of the album being available as mono and stereo, but was unaware of remastering issues.

I looked it up on Wikipedia to see what info it had.

"In 1997, Buffalo Springfield was remastered and issued with two versions on the same CD, the mono tracks from Atco 33-200 first, then the stereo tracks from SD 33-200A. Not contained were the stereo mix of "Baby Don't Scold Me" from Atco SD 33-200 or the mono mix of "For What It's Worth" from Atco 33-200A."

Chalkperson wrote:
I have no idea why, but, they re-mastered all the Buffalo Springfield Albums except that one...

I recall the issue of the album being available as mono and stereo, but was unaware of remastering issues.

I looked it up on Wikipedia to see what info it had.

"In 1997, Buffalo Springfield was remastered and issued with two versions on the same CD, the mono tracks from Atco 33-200 first, then the stereo tracks from SD 33-200A. Not contained were the stereo mix of "Baby Don't Scold Me" from Atco SD 33-200 or the mono mix of "For What It's Worth" from Atco 33-200A."

Neil Young also re-mixed Buffolo Springfield's studio output for the 2001 4CD retrospective.

Chalkperson wrote:
I have no idea why, but, they re-mastered all the Buffalo Springfield Albums except that one...

I recall the issue of the album being available as mono and stereo, but was unaware of remastering issues.

I looked it up on Wikipedia to see what info it had.

"In 1997, Buffalo Springfield was remastered and issued with two versions on the same CD, the mono tracks from Atco 33-200 first, then the stereo tracks from SD 33-200A. Not contained were the stereo mix of "Baby Don't Scold Me" from Atco SD 33-200 or the mono mix of "For What It's Worth" from Atco 33-200A."